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RV posted 1 year ago.
Nice report. Way to persevere and gut it out. Big congrats!
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cayman posted 1 year ago.
Tough race for you, but an incredible finish! Way to "gut" it out Ironman, you make us proud.
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Red5 posted 1 year ago.
Great job, man. Any idea what happened with your knee? How does it feel now?
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Riverbrady posted 1 year ago.
No clue, though by everything I can tell it's simply soft tissue, thankfully. I'm heading over to my PT in about 20 minutes to get checked out...so we'll see.
Ironically it actually feels fine now. It's the top middle of my foot that's killing me. I've a feeling I bruised something there through my "interesting" running style during the race :p
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Riverbrady posted 1 year ago.
It looks like I probably have a minor stress fracture in the 4th metatarsal in my right foot.
Nothing too bad, the next week will tell if it'll heal fine or if I'll be going in for MRIs, etc.
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kylie posted 1 year ago.
do they think it was from the odd running style or something that was started from training the jump in mileage that day brought to the surface? (if i remember right your running had been limited from your other knee surgury and issues...)
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Riverbrady posted 1 year ago.
most likely the odd running, as I was switching from straight legged to my foot turned every which way until I could find something that was semi-comfortable.
But at least it seems minor, and there's generally no pain as long as I'm in sneakers. Can't wear my burks though :(
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kylie posted 1 year ago.
huh. I didn't realize stress fractures were caused so easily. I thought they were one of those repeating kind of things.
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Riverbrady posted 1 year ago.
repeating, at an odd angle, landing on the foot in a way that it's not supposed to land.
To say things more correctly, most likely the area was stressed during the buildup, and then started to fracture during the run...that is, providing there is a fracture. Right now it feels like one, but I haven't had an MRI yet. I'll probably grab one next week just to be on the safe side in any case, as insurance will cover it.
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PJT posted 1 year ago.
Great job on a tough day (heck, in my book that would be a great job on a not-tough day too!). Nice report.
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Star posted 1 year ago.
Congrats on "gutting it out" and finishing with a great PR despite your pain! I love reading other people's experiences...its soooo motivating. I'm going to have to remember that phrase.... Congratulations again!
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Tikal Dog posted 1 year ago.
Ouch... sorry to hear about the fracture. but congratulations!!!
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The report is a bit long, so I'm just including the link to the report in my blog.
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